Will and Poppy

This past weekend saw the culmination of Sport Relief 2010. All the money raised by the public is used by Comic Relief to help transform the lives of poor and vulnerable people both here in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries. A host of celebrities took part in amazing sporting challenges and ordinary people up and down the country raised funds by taking part in their own challenges or completing the Sport Relief Mile. This year’s highlights include the seven strong celebrity team, who cycled from John O’Groats to Land’s End, Eddie Izzard’s mind boggling 43 marathons in 51 days and Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton’s record breaking 2,010 mile solo kayak down the Amazon River.

Inspirational fundraising sporting events motivate many ordinary people to be active and challenge themselves physically. The London Marathon, Race for Life, Pink Ribbon Walk and Sports Relief are some of the best known events of this kind. Having taken part in a number of these challenges in the past, including two London Marathons, I know exactly how it feels to be part of such an amazing event. So this year I was delighted when my eldest daughter, Poppy, told me about her intentions to take part in the Brighton Sport Relief Mile event. In fact, her challenge was a 3 mile run as some of the large events were offering the choice of a 1, 3 or 6 mile distances.

As luck would have it Sunday 20th March was a beautiful bright and sunny spring day. So Poppy, with her friend Will, joined hundreds of runners lead by former Olympic gold medallist champion Sally Gunnell in Brighton’s Sport Relief Mile. Along with everyone else who took part Poppy and Will had a tremendous day, soaked up the party atmosphere, did something healthy and active on a Sunday morning and raised valuable funds for charity.

Well done to Poppy, Will, all the celebrities and ordinary men, women and children throughout the UK who rose to a challenge of Sport Relief 2010 – you are AMAZING!

Tags: Fundraising for Sport Relief, Running, Sport Relief 2010, Sport Relief Mile Brighton